Chocolate and Strawberry Scones

Well, this is a new one, even for me [heh]. The Scones! Very interesting is the fact that scones are actually of Scottish origin, which I found totally by luck. However, they are usually made of wheat, barley or oatmeal and represents a basic component of cream tea or Devonshire tea [thank you, Wikipedia heh]. They usually come with raisins, currants, cheese or dates inside of them, but I decided to make them a bit more fun, with strawberries and chocolate. Beat that!

Start by preheating your oven to 400° F / 204° C. Get a bunch of strawberries and cut them in four pieces until you fill up a cup. ^^

In a large bowl start mixing, the flour, baking soda, baking powder, sugar and salt together. You will also need half a cup of cold butter for this, cut it into small pieces and add it to the flour mixture.

Next, using a pastry blender or two knives, cut in the butter into the flour, until it resembles peas. I actually end up using my fingers but… whatever works I guess [heh].

Now go back to the strawberry bow and add the chocolate chips. Don’t eat them though!

In another small bowl mix the buttermilk and the egg together.

Add the buttermilk mixture to the flour mixture and using a fork or wooden spoon mix everything together. Mix the chocolate and strawberries together and add them to the dough. Confusing? Just mix everything together [heh].

When you are satisfied with the spread of the goodies inside the dough, turn it over onto a floured surface and form it into a round disk that’s about an inch (2.5cm) in thickness. Using a pizza cutter or a knife, cut the dough into 8 triangles, just like you’d cut pizza. If you want to make them smaller, you could cut the dough into 12 triangles. [duh!]

Place the scones on a cookie sheet that’s lined with parchment paper, or a silpat and you can also sprinkle some sugar on them. Bake them for about 20 minutes or until golden. Now check this out!